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The Motley Fool February 25, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
Risk, Rot, and the Road to Recovery It's high time shareholders demanded better corporate governance from boards. |
Registered Rep. June 10, 2003 Will Leitch |
Citi Board Receives Dubious Distinction Well, here's more bad news for Citigroup, in case the company isn't immune to it by this point. A study released by Portland, Maine-based The Corporate Library (TCL) says that Citigroup has the worst board of directors in the country. |
CFO March 1, 2003 Lori Calabro |
The Prime of Ms. Nell Minow For the prominent shareholder activist, these have been both the best and the worst of times. |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Corporate Boards Are Broken Extreme measures are needed to get boards to do their jobs. |
BusinessWeek June 14, 2004 Louis Lavelle |
Governance: Backlash In The Executive Suite Many in America's business community say reform is going too far, as activists dig in. |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2008 Rich Duprey |
When Good Isn't Good Enough A new study shows that good corporate governance scores don't really help predict trouble. |
The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Cass Bielski |
Know Your Board Have board members of the stocks you own also been on the boards of scandal-ridden companies? |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Bennett Voyles |
Greed, Blatant Conflicts --- At Your Fingertips Web sites where you can learn which companies have corporate governance issues. |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Conflicts of Interest Linger Many CFOs may not know enough accounting to do their jobs right. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Ann Therese Palmer |
Watching the Insiders An interview with Nell Minow, editor of The Corporate Library, a research group that evaluates corporate governance policies, on why a rep should consider a company's corporate governance when deciding which stocks to purchase for a client. |
Knowledge@Wharton May 21, 2003 |
Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling? |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2005 Jill Jusko |
Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship. |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Corporate Boards Need to Wake Up One of investors' biggest problems -- whether they know it or not -- has been a tendency toward ineffective, entrenched boards of directors that don't do their primary job, which is to look out for shareholder interests. |
BusinessWeek March 6, 2006 Amy Borrus |
Should Directors Be Nervous? Activists are pushing majority-vote rules as a weapon against unresponsive boards. |
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 Louis Lavelle |
Commentary: The Problem of the "Lingering CEO" Sanford Weill is a great leader -- but his continued presence will only cramp his successor Chuck Prince's style |
The Motley Fool May 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Shareholders Take Action Here are some tips on how to make a difference with your holdings. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Ann Therese Palmer |
Governance Alpha It sounds nice: Making money by investing in companies guided by enlightened executives. But do companies that play nicely really outperform those companies who are controlled by selfish and greedy executives? |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2011 Dominguez & Esterhuizen |
Board Risk: List of Companies With Low Corporate Governance Risk Do you think these boards have shareholders' interests as a top priority? |
U.S. Banker August 2003 Lee Conrad |
How Much is Too Much? Calpers, The market-moving pension fund covering California's government workers, is turning up the heat on companies that overpay the suits. And even though it's mum on possible suspects, Citigroup is singled out by other industry watchdogs for its flagrant use of commas and zeros on payday. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 9, 2004 Lucian A. Bebchuk |
Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders. |
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 |
Investors Fight Back From the Netherlands to South Korea, corporate boards are taking major steps to improve shareholder rights in the wake of financial scandals. |
Job Journal February 25, 2007 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros:Sports Stars Can't Compete with Overpaid CEOs Can America bring it's high-flying CEOs down to earth? |
The Motley Fool April 15, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
CEOs: Do the Right Thing! 2008 was a bad year for shareholders and workers. Some CEOs made out like bandits, though. |
HBS Working Knowledge September 13, 2006 Jay W. Lorsch |
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do Compensation committees are under pressure to keep CEO pay high, even as shareholders and the media agitate for moderation. The solution? Boards of directors need better competitive information and an ear to what shareholders are saying. |
Knowledge@Wharton December 18, 2002 |
Re-Examining the Role of the Chairman of the Board Faculty members at Wharton and a board member of a major U.S. corporation say that while there are some circumstances in which a division of authority between a chairman and a CEO may make sense, it is by no means a surefire way to keep companies on the straight and narrow. |
The Motley Fool April 19, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
CEOs Still Raking It In Are CEOs really 301 times more valuable than rank-and-file employees? |
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
On CEOs and Overconfidence Contrary to popular belief, mergers don't always reward shareholders. |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
CEO Pay: It Just Makes No Sense Let's let the laws of supply and demand work. |
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 Capel et al. |
Europe's Old Ways Die Fast The two-year bear market, and a slew of homegrown corporate scandals, is spurring European shareholders to stand up for their rights. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Corporate Boards Should Focus on Performance, Not Conformance After the corporate governance revolution of the 1990s that led to a new era of accountability to shareholders, the Enron debacle has brought new attention to the role of corporate boards and governance... |
HBS Working Knowledge August 8, 2005 |
Readers Respond: Is There an "Efficient Market" in CEO Compensation? Readers offer varying viewpoints and solutions on the topic of CEO compensation. |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2007 Alyce Lomax |
Trouble at the Top for Whole Foods? We dig a little deeper into a shareholder resolution aimed at the company. |
CFO September 1, 2004 John Goff |
Who's the Boss? Spurred by a slew of portfolio-punishing accounting scandals and angered by decades of corporate indifference to their requests, shareholder activists want more say in how American companies are run. |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Let's Fix Director Independence The Shareholder Bill of Rights would separate the chairman and CEO roles. |
The Motley Fool June 11, 2010 Alyce Lomax |
Can This Factor Improve Your Returns? Too many shareholders forget one crucial element. Companies plagued by self-centered, short-sighted managers could easily foreshadow lousy investment results to come. |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Alyce Lomax |
This Secret Weapon Could Save Your Stocks The presence of women in the boardroom could be a little-known advantage for shareholders. |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
A New Era for Investors Management and boards must be accountable to us, the owners of the companies employing them. That's called capitalism. |
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 Jena McGregor |
Activist Investors Get More Respect Boards are listening, and shareholder proposals are making headway. |
Knowledge@Wharton May 7, 2003 |
Those Who Sit on Company Boards Face a New, Tougher Job Description Two longtime executives and board members talk about the changing role of boards of directors in what they say is becoming an increasingly volatile, litigious and risky environment. |
The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Eliot Cohen |
Lies, Half-Truths, and Hubris Help the SEC make the right choice about fairer elections for boards of directors. Corporate insiders are spouting lies, half-truths, and hubris to prevent investors from getting a whiff of fairer elections for boards of directors. |
CFO June 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan |
Not-So-Modest Proposals For board members the choice is clear: support shareholder proposals that win a majority vote or risk losing the director seat. |
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 Balfour & Tashiro |
In Asia, A Change In Attitude A combination of government initiatives, pressure from global institutional investors, and the efforts of grassroots investor groups have shaken things loose in many Asian boardrooms. Increasingly, board members and executives who abuse minority shareholders can expect to be challenged. |
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Weiss et al. |
New Broom at the Big Board Enter John Reed. Can the former Citi boss bring real change to the troubled New York Stock Exchange? |
BusinessWeek January 15, 2007 Jena McGregor |
This Proxy Season, Expect A Brawl Add up shareholder anger over the backdating scandal, a slate of new rules on executive pay disclosure, increasing pressure from activist hedge funds, and more companies requiring directors to be elected by a majority shareholder vote, and a tempestuous proxy period lies ahead. |
HBS Working Knowledge December 6, 2004 Mallory Stark |
Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt. |
CFO July 1, 2004 John P. Mello Jr. |
Director's Cut Board members are turning to specialized software to help manage their affairs. |
CFO October 1, 2003 Lori Calabro |
Above Board Regulators and shareholders want compensation committees to explain why CEOs make so much. |
The Motley Fool September 12, 2005 Rich Duprey |
S&P Ratings a Zero The credit rating agency ends its corporate governance evaluation service. Considering that it was up to the end user to decide whether to make S&P corporate governance score (CGS) ratings public, the ratings' value to the investing public was probably minimal. |
BusinessWeek March 25, 2010 Silver-Greenberg et al. |
CEO Pay Drops, but...Cash Is King An exclusive first look at the 2009 compensation of chief executives at 81 big companies |
BusinessWeek February 23, 2004 Lavelle & Arndt |
Living Large In The Corner Office CEOs are raking it in again, even as boards keep a closer eye on performance. |